2 Raja-raja 8:7

Elisha Meets with Hazael

8:7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king ¹  was told, “The prophet ²  has come here.”

2 Raja-raja 13:4

13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy ³  and the Lord responded favorably, ⁴  for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 20:12

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

20:12 At that time Merodach-Baladan ⁶  son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

2 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ⁷  and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ⁸  “Go, ask ⁹  Baal Zebub, ¹⁰  the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

2 Raja-raja 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹¹  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ¹²  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ¹³  and horsemen of Israel!” ¹⁴ 

2 Raja-raja 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹⁵  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ¹⁶ 

2 Raja-raja 8:29

8:29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹⁷  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit ¹⁸  Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:7]  ² tn Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Lord heard.”

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

[20:12]  ⁶ tc The MT has “Berodach-Baladan,” but several Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin witnesses agree with the parallel passage in Isa 39:1 and read “Merodach-Baladan.”

[1:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”

[1:2]  ⁹ tn That is, “seek an oracle from.”

[1:2]  ¹⁰ sn Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.

[13:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ¹² tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ¹³ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ¹⁴ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[20:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “will not live.”

[8:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[8:29]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to see.”